| ABC | ammonium bicarbonate |
| ACN | acetonitrile |
| aSyn | alpha synuclein |
| aTub | alpha tubulin |
| bActin | beta actin |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| bTub | beta tubulin |
| bTubIII | beta tubulin, class III |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CPN | cortical projection neuron |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidin-2-phenylindol |
| DDC | DOPA decarboxylase |
| EBs | embryoid bodies |
| FA | formic acid |
| hiPSCs | human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| ICC | immunocytochemistry |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography coupled mass spectrometry |
| mDAN | midbrain dopaminergic neuronal cell |
| NPC | neural precursor cell |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| RT | room temperature |
| RT-PCR | reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| SNCA | aSyn gene |
| SNCADupl | SNCA gene duplication |
| SNpc | substantia nigra pars compacta |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| TH | tyrosine hydroxylase |
| WB | Western blot |